International Projects

Development Fund

The Development Fund supports projects that improve all areas of individual and community life in the Global South. Through the work of MCIC member agencies and their local partners, these projects are part of a long-term development process, rooted in a commitment to empowerment and self-determination for all peoples.

Andean Regional Initiative

The project aims to improve the well-being
of marginalized populations - particularly
women and Indigenous peoples in the
Huarmey Municipality of Peru by providing
extensive training and capacity building to
municipal authorities, civil society members
and community leaders.

Building a Clinic in the Chirasauta Community

The project seeks to lead to reduced infant
mortality and morbidity rates through the
construction of a clinic in Chirasauta, an
impoverished rural area in Zimbabwe. The
clinic will have five structures, including a
maternity ward to cater to the medical needs
of the community.

Building Sustainable Livelihoods in Malawi

The program seeks to equip 740 households
in Southern and Northern Malawi with
opportunities to build sustainable livelihoods
through Self Help and Volunteer Care groups.
MCIC funding will go towards continued
support for implementing program activities
such as vocational skills, education, savings/
financial management, awareness of
maternal and child health services and WASH
in Blantyre and Ekwendeni Districts.

El Shaddai Community Center

This is an educational construction project
that seeks to contribute to the teaching of
hurricane and earthquake resistant buildings
and provides the local community with
employment opportunities leading to an
economic stimulus.

Enabling Local Ownership for Development

The project seeks to collaborate with Project
Counselling Service (PCS) to strengthen
its overall institutional effectiveness and
its “Latinamericanization” process which
advocates on behalf of the region’s citizens,
provides capacity building support to local
counterparts and fosters mutual learning
processes that enable knowledge sharing.

Facilitating Informed and Considered Refugee Return

The project seeks to assist a target of 65,593 Sri
Lankan Tamil refugees living in refugee camps
in Tamilnadu, India, in negotiating for favorable
policies for refugee return and an informed
and considered return to their homeland.

Financial Inclusion through Community Partnerships

The project aims to promote savings mobilization
by targeting 15,915 group members of informal
rural savings groups through mobile channels
to accessing formal banks. MCIC funding will go
toward activities that strengthen the uptake of
the product such as delivering mobile financial
education curriculum.

Food and Agricultural Assistance in Sasha and Mubimbi IDP Camps

The project seeks to provide food, seeds, tools
and agricultural training to 3,084 people (514
families) living in Shasha (218 households)
and Mubimbi (296 households) IDP camps
in DRC chosen due to their comparable
high levels of need. MCIC funds will be used
toward the procurement of food essentials
and capital goods.

Food Security through Co-operatives in Northern Ghana

The project goal is to increase sustainable,
gender equitable food security for over
42,000 small holder farmers in 8 districts
of Northern Ghana. It hopes to build
the capacity of the farmers as members
of agricultural co-operatives and credit
unions by providing technical assistance,
entrepreneurship training and microfinance
products available only for women.

This program was made possible with financial support of the Government of Manitoba, and was undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada provided through Global Affairs Canada (GAC)